Animal Liberation

I was a bit hesitant to read a 40 year old book on the subject of animal liberation, even knowing it was a classic and seminal work. It holds up, Singer's arguments are persuasive and compelling.
My main complaint- why I'm not giving it 4 stars, I read the 2009 edition but it really felt like no substantial updates had been made since the 1990 edition. Singer frequently talks about progress made in the late 80s, new developments in the last 15 years (since the book was published), etc, but little to nothing is said about what happened between 1990 and 2009. The basic premise still holds true and the arguments are valuable but I wish the figures were a bit more up to date.

This classic makes its case in excruciating and stomach-turning detail, which of course is its intent. Piling on the data may be more persuasive than the mere logic behind the argument for veganism. Essentially, that's the conclusion the book comes to, and I have to say I am convinced. Whether I can put the conclusion into practice is another story.

A book that “ought” to be read if interested in vegetarianism for any reason, because it's a bit of a landmark, no matter how one might feel about Singer. I'd say he develops his points pretty thoroughly, but there are some places where I think he takes his conclusion for granted (mainly w/r/t ‘hypocrisy' and species/sex/race-ism). I find the “interests” argument pretty compelling. However, I started reading this already mostly-convinced, so I can't really speak to the conversion power of this book.